Cordage wrapper and package



May 22, 1923.

GREVE CORDAGE WRAPPER AND PACKAGE Filed June 2, 1920 Y awve/wbooHermanl. firm e MOT/44748 351 his Patented May 22, 1923.

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Application .fi1ed' June 2,

T 0 aZZ'whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMAN'L, Gnnvn, a citizen of the United States,and-resident of New York city, in the-county of Kings and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CordageWVrappers and Packages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cord, twine, and small rope and the object of myinvention is to provide a package comprising a wrapper to hold a hank ofcord or small rope together in place of winding the end of the ropearound the middle portion to hold the hank together as has heretoforebeen the common practice by the rope manufacturers.

A further object is to provide a wrapper that will serve as a tag andwith a display surface on which may be printed or embossed the name ofthe manufacturer, the quality of the goods, address, etc.

A further object is to provide a wrapper that is strong and that can beprovided at a very low cost, and that can be detached and a part of therope used and thereafter again be placed on the hank to hold theremaining coils together until needed for use.

Referring to the drawings which form a part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view showing the complete packageembodying my invention. I

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view taken on line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the inner side of the wrapper.

Figure 4 is a view of a modified construction of the wrapper in whichtwo clasps or hooks are used instead of one, as illustrated in Figure 1.

A indicates a hank of small clothes line with the looped ends cut off tosave space in illustrating. B indicates a wrapper made of thin, strong,flexible material such as tough paper or tinned sheet iron. In thepresent drawings the material is illustrated as tough paper orcard-board. This paper is preferabl cut in a substantially rectangularform and is provided with a perforation B through which the hook C ispassed in locking the ends of the wrapper together. The hook C isprovided with a forwardly extending projection C which extends under thebody portion of the wrapper when the ends of the wrapper are in lockedrela tion and prevents the disengagement of the of the perforation B inwhich position the 1920. Serial N0. 336,025.

hook C in case the wrapper fits loosely over the rope when a portion ofsame has been removed as'the hookmay shift in its position relative tothe coupled end of the'wrapper without lifting out of engagementtherewith, as will be readily under-stood. The shank C of the hook C issecured to the end of the wrapper B by perforating the wrapper at D andpassing the shank end of the hook through the perforation and bending itover in the usual manner. To uncouple the ends of the wrapper the hookis forced forward until the inner loop C contacts the edge B end of theloop of the hook C can be raised sufliciently above the plane of thewrapper to permit the hook to be withdrawn and the ends of the wrapperuncoupled. If desired, a second perforation indicated by E may be madein the wrapper to more closely bind the rope together after aportion hasbeen removed by coupling therethrough.

By this invention a rope ackage is provided that provides, in effdct, amailing wrapper, since the address of the consignee and the postagestamp can be placed thereon. The cost of wrapping the hank of rope withthe rope end is also saved and, in fact, the cost of the present wrapperis less than the 8 cost of labor in wrapping with the rope end. as nowso generally done.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States:

1. A package wrapper adapted to encircle a hank of cordage comprising asheet of strong, flexible material, one end of which is provided with aperforation and the opposite end having a sinuous hook adapted to bepassed through said perforation to couple the ends of the wrappertogether.

2. A package wrapper adapted to encircle a hank of cordage comprising asheet of strong flexible material, each end of which is provided with aperforation, a hook adapted to be inserted in one of the perforations,said hook having a flat portion adapted to lie on the inner side of thewrapper, a shank connected with the afore-mentioned portion and adaptedto lie on the outer side of the wrapper, an inner loop united to theshank by a curved portion adapted to pass through the perforation in theother end of the wrapper when the same is rolled up, said inner loophaving a fiat side lying against the inner side of the wrapper and anextended projection adapted to project under the body of the wrapperbeyond said perforation.

3. A package wrapper having perfora; tions near each emta hook adaptedto coup le the ends! of the Wrapper when rolled up,

said hook having an endadapted t o lie be tween the inner surface'of oneend of the wrapper and theouter surface of the other end, thence passingthrough one perforation and outside of the outer surfaceof the wrapperaround the extreme ends of the. wrapper, thence adjacent the innersurface of the the wrapper beyond said ends'thereof to keep, the end pithe wrapper coupled together; Signed. at New York city in the county ofof June, Ankh-1920.

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